Workshop
~ Seminar ~ Training ~ Course ~ Nature
Therapy ~ Wilderness Therapy ~ Ecotherapy ~ Ecopsychology ~ Natural Awareness
~ Nature Awareness ~ Counselling ~ Psychotherapy ~ Manchester ~ North
West ~Wales
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This workshop takes place in a beautiful private woodland in North Wales and will consist of a variety of fun, enlightening and sometimes challenging nature-based outdoor activities, sensory and awareness exercises, guided meditation, solo reflection time, and group discussion. These will be used as tools for raising your level of awareness by drawing your attention to your relationship with yourself, others and the natural environment. |
The aim for the weekend is to create an enquiring self-reflective atmosphere of relaxed open-minded playful, fun and curiosity. The perfect environment for easy personal change.
"Many people feel relaxed and good when they are out in nature. But not many of us know that there is also scientific evidence about the healing effects of nature." says Dr. Eeva Karjalainen, of the Finnish Forest Research Institute, Metla |
Just some of the benefits previous participants gained by attending this workshop ...
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Event Logistics:
Arrive:
Friday 24 June 2011 at 3pm
Ends: Sunday 26 June 2011 at 3pm
Duration: 3
Day (2 Nights)
- Friday afternoon to Sunday afternoon.
Location: Woodland in Denbighshire,
North Wales (Exact location will be sent with your booking
confirmation)
Accommodation and food: This is a camping based self catering
weekend and requires that you bring your own tent (or equivalent),
camping equipment, stove and food. A camp fire will be available for cooking.
If you intend to use this bring appropriate pots. There is also a basic
wooden structure with room for two people to sleep. (A
kit list will be sent with your booking confirmation)
Full Fee: £180
Early Bird Fee: £120 (you must book and pay in full before
31st March 2010)
Deposit:
The first £60 of any fee paid is considered a non-returnable deposit
Finders Fee: Receive £20 for every person you recommend who
then attends the workshop.
Previous
Attendee Rate: If you have attended this workshop before, you may
return for a reduced fee.
Contact me for further details.
Volunteers: If you have previously attended this workshop and don't
mind helping out with the occasional task during the workshop. All I ask
for is a small fee just to cover some basic costs.
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Further Workshop Details:
What is nature-based personal development?
This is a relatively new field, but one which has many ancient roots, and as such, it draws its ideas from both modern and ancients practices. The nature-based healing practices of many native cultures are now being researched and integrated with modern therapeutic and coaching practices under the umbrella term of 'ecotherapy.' It is a selection of these practices that will be used during this workshop.
Western society has become more and more industrialised and urbanised and as a result we spend more than 90% of our lives indoors. As humans we seem to have an innate need to be close to nature and living things. We seem drawn, almost unconsciously, to activities which involve the natural environment. Most people are already aware of the beneficial psychological effects of simply being on a beach, paddling in a stream, or walking in a forest or the mountains. I'm sure it is no accident that we are drawn to areas of natural beauty when taking our holidays. Research suggests human identity, emotional well-being, and personal fulfilment depend on our relationship with nature. The human need for nature is not just linked to use of its resources but it also has an influence on our emotional state, thought processes and even spiritual well-being. |
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Many researchers now believe that conflicts can arise between our modern society's disconnection from the natural world and our in-built need to relate to it, creating a series of internal mental conflicts, which can give rise to emotional, behavioural and addictive problems.
Research has shown that just spending time outdoors in green space can have significant benefits on your mental well-being. This workshop take this idea much further by actively making use of the connection with the natural environment to aid in your self exploration and psychological and spiritual health and well-being.
The workshop This workshop is focused primarily on experiential learning. Why? In our western society our thinking style has become unbalanced and biased towards a more cognitive thinking style, but a more somatic intelligence exists within each of us. Anyone who has ever had a creative moment, or 'gut feeling' or just knew something was right because they felt it 'in their heart' will be aware of it. This conflict between cognitive and somatic thinking creates and maintains many of our day to day problematic thinking patterns. During the workshop you will be expanding your awareness and learning to think with both your heart and your head. You will learn through immersing yourself in the nurturing natural environment and activities, as well as by personal reflection and sharing your insights and experiences during the activities. All activities are completely 'by choice' so you will not be made to take part in, do, or talk about anything you don't feel comfortable with. |
The whole atmosphere of the weekend should remain relaxed playful and fun with occasional challenges.
The
workshop aims to help you to...
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What would you like to change about yourself during the workshop?
Whilst the weekend will be fun and relaxing, there is of course an overall personal development purpose. So I would recommend that before you arrive at the workshop, clearly think about a psychological issue you have that you would like to work on over the weekend. This can be something specific in your life at the moment, like stress, or a more general life-long pattern, like anxiety or relationship issues. At the workshop you will hold this issue in mind during many of the activities, to first understand it, and then transform it.
This is a general self development workshop and suitable issues may include, but are not limited to:
You will not need to reveal or discuss your issue with the group unless you feel comfortable with doing so.
Space is limited, so reserve your workshop place now. Book online using the form at the top of the page or call 0161 881 4333 or to reserve your place.
Please consider joining the email mailing list to be kept up to date with upcoming events.
"Sometimes
a tree can tell you more than can be read in a book." |
Would this workshop be suitable for me? If you ...
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Space is limited, so reserve your workshop place now. Book online using the form at the top of the page or call 0161 881 4333 or to reserve your place.
How do I book a place?
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Space is limited, so reserve your workshop place now. Book online using the form at the top of the page or call 0161 881 4333 or to reserve your place.
Please consider joining the email mailing list to be kept up to date with upcoming events.
Participant and their sight-guide playing Meet a Tree |
Just a few of the games and exercises...
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This
workshop integrates various elements of:
Natural-Awareness/Nature-Awareness Games, Ecotherapy, Wilderness Therapy,
Bushcraft and Tracking Skills, Counselling Skills, Coaching Skills, Shamanism,
Self-Relations Psychotherapy, Contemporary Psychotherapy, NLP, CBT, TA,
and Ericksonian Hypno-Psychotherapy.
About
Nigel Magowan:
Since 2002, Nigel has run his own busy therapy and coaching practices
in Manchester and Harley Street in London. He is a professional and experienced
Solution-Focused Integrative Psychotherapist, Stress Management Consultant,
Life Coach, a Licensed NLP Master Practitioner and an Advanced Hypnotherapist.
Nigel is also a fully trained and accredited supervisor and offers supervision
to other therapists. He has trained with some of the best trainers, and
combines all his skills and experience to produce both highly practical
and informative seminars. He has a special interest in helping people
with anxiety, depression, stress and confidence related issues.
Nigel holds a recent enhanced CRB certificate.
He is also available for bespoke workshops for your group, organisation or business.
Corporate Work
My services can also be combined and tailored to your group or corporate needs, and range from EAP (Employee Assistance Programme - one to one therapy, counselling or coaching sessions) through to bespoke group training, workshops, and outdoor activities and retreats.
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What
Payment Methods are Accepted?
Paypal, Card, Cheque, Cash
Restrictions and notices
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Background Information:
What is ecotherapy?
Ecotherapy is really an umbrella term for a whole variety of nature-based
therapies which utilise an experiential connection with nature as a major
part of the therapeutic process.
Ecotherapy
is a relatively new field of therapy, but one which has many ancient roots,
and as such, it draws its ideas from both modern and ancients practices.
Unlike us, our ancestors would have seen little or no separation between
themselves and the natural world they lived in. Many native cultures today
still live in a harmonious relationship with nature, interacting with
nature's rhythms, to sustain and heal, physically, mentally and spiritually.
In native cultures, the shaman would in effect be the equivalent of our
modern doctor, counsellor and psychotherapist.
The nature-based healing practices of many native cultures are now being heavily researched and integrated with modern therapeutic practices under the umbrella term of 'ecotherapy.' It is a selection of these practices that will be used during my workshops and one-to-one nature based therapy sessions.
Why do we need ecotherapy?
Western society
has become more and more industrialised and urbanised. People in industrialised
nations now spend more than 90% of their lives indoors. Our time spent
outside, surrounded by nature, is estimated at only 1% - 5%. As a modern
society we have become increasingly disconnected from the natural world.
For millennia
we have existed in a very close relationship with the natural world, and
have been intrinsically connected to the rhythms of our natural environment,
from our water and food, to the changing of the seasons. Human evolution
has been so closely intertwined with our environment, that our need for
a relationship with nature must reside in our very genes. Our genetic
make-up has barely changed over the last 10000 years: an almost insignificant
change of 0.005%. Therefore it would seem that despite our modern society
and technological advancements, we are still genetically hard-wired to
need to co-exist in close relationship with the natural environment.
As humans we seem to have an innate need to be close to nature and living things. We seem drawn, almost unconsciously, to activities which involve the natural environment.
Research
suggests human identity, emotional well-being, and personal fulfilment
depend on our relationship with nature. Most people are already aware
of the beneficial psychological effects of simply being on a beach, paddling
in a stream, or walking in a forest or the mountains. I'm sure it is no
accident that we are drawn to areas of natural beauty when taking our
holidays. The human need for nature is not just linked to use of its resources
but it also has an influence on our emotional state, thought processes
and even spiritual well-being.
Many researchers
now believe that conflicts can arise between our modern society's disconnection
from the natural world and our in-built need to relate to it, creating
a series of internal mental conflicts, which can give rise to emotional,
behavioural and addictive problems.
Given our
seemingly in-built requirement for interaction with the natural world
for our physical and mental well-being, it would appear that there is
a strong need for us to finds ways of re-integrating nature back into
our lives, so that we can redress the balance.
A
Solution
Mankind's
use of nature to enhance well-being, physically, mentally and spiritually,
has been around probably as long as humans have existed. It is only in
more recent times, largely due to industrialisation and urbanisation,
that man has become more and more disconnected and isolated from the natural
world. In our modern society, that in-built need for relationship with
nature has become disrupted, leaving us unbalanced and open to a variety
of mental and emotional problems.
Research
has shown that just spending time outdoors in green space can have significant
benefits on your mental well-being. This can be as simple as spending
some time gardening, or sitting in your local park, or going for a walk
in the countryside. Ecotherapies such as Wilderness Therapy, Pet-Assisted
Therapy, Equine-Assisted Therapy, Nature Awareness, Green Therapy, Horticultural
Therapy and Walking Therapy, all take this concept much further by actively
utilising a connection with nature as part of the therapeutic process
to enhance your psychological and spiritual health and well-being.
Credits
All photographs by Rachael
Magowan Professional photographer.
Specialist fields: live music, events, landscape, portfolio shots, fine
art prints.
Nigel
Magowan
Nigel
Magowan BSc(Hons) UKCP(CIT) DABCH MCAHyp GHR SQHP MHA AMPM
Solution-Focused Integrative Psychotherapist, Life Coach, Licensed NLP
Master Practitioner, Advanced
Hypnotherapist, Ecotherapist,
Accredited
Supervisor and Natural Awareness
Therapist
About Nigel Magowan
Nigel Magowan is a professional and experienced Solution-Focused Integrative Psychotherapist, Life Coach, a Licensed NLP Master Practitioner, an Advanced Hypnotherapist and Ecotherapist. Nigel has trained with some of the best trainers. He combines all his training, skills and experience to produce a treatment that is tailored to your exact needs. He uses an integrative solution focused approach to his work which can bring about results in a much shorter time. He has also received additional specialist training in working with addictive behaviours, treating IBS, managing pain, stress management techniques, and ecotherapy. Nigel is also a fully trained and accredited supervisor and offers supervision to other therapists.
Nigel holds an enhanced CRB certificate.
He has his own busy Psychotherapy, Counselling, Life Coaching, NLP and Hypnotherapy practices in Chorlton, South Manchester, and Harley Street in Central London.
He specialises in helping people with anxiety, panic attacks, stress management, addictions, IBS, pain control, confidence and self esteem, insomnia, public speaking and performance anxiety, fears, phobias, smoking cessation, weight loss, and study and sport performance enhancement.
He is a a UKCP Candidate in Training; a full member of the Community for Contemporary Psychotherapy; a senior member of the General Hypnotherapy Register, a full member of the Hypnotherapy Association; an Approved Anxiety UK Therapist; a Professional Member of the Association for Neuro-Linguistic Programming (ANLP); the NHS Directory of Complementary & Alternative Practitioners; the UK Register of IBS Therapists; the National Register of Practitioners in Smoking Cessation
He practices according to the Community for Contemporary Psychotherapy, General Hypnotherapy Standards Council, ANLP and Hypnotherapy Associations code of ethics, and has full Professional Indemnity Insurance.
The
Intermediate Certificate in Contemporary Psychotherapy
Beeleaf
Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy, London
Master
Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming
Beeleaf
Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy, London
Licensed
Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming
Paul McKenna Training, London
Richard Bandler, Paul McKenna, Michael Breen
Diploma
in Advanced Hypnotherapy and HypnoHealing
Atkinson-Ball College of Hypnotherapy and Hypnohealing, Liverpool
Clinical
Practice: Psychopathology in Pychotherapeutic Practice
Beeleaf
Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy, London
Human
Development and Sexuality
Beeleaf
Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy, London
Wider
Mind: Ericksonian Psychotherapy in Practice
Beeleaf
Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy, London
Certificate in Working Successfully with Addictions
Beeleaf
Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy, London
NLP Coaching Diploma
Frank Daniels Associates, Nottingham
Diploma in the Art and Science of NLP Coaching
Frank Daniels Associates, Nottingham
Certified Practitioner of NLP
The Washington
School of Clinical and Advanced Hypnosis, Manchester
Shaun Brookhouse
Certificate
in Ethical Practice
Beeleaf
Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy, London London
Certificate
in Stress Management Techniques
Certificate in Hypnoesitherapy
Diploma
in Hypnotherapy
Continuing
Professional Development
Current and
on-going training and supervision, keeping my skills fresh and at the
cutting edge
Diploma
in Contemporary Psychotherapy
Beeleaf
Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy, London London
Comparative
Psychotherapy and Clinical Practice
Beeleaf
Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy, London, London
Monthly
clinical supervision sessions (2 hours per month)
with a UKCP registered NLP psychotherapist and supervisor
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Nigel
Magowan is a consultant at the On Harley Street Clinic, 1 Harley Street,
London, England,
United Kingdom W1G 9QD
Email:
Telephone: 0207 183 4548 Fax: 0871 996 9779
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